Services - Online
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America Online
America Online offers a Windows CE special interest area. Access from a desktop or
laptop. Use keyword WCE.
Price: $n.a.
Contact: AOL
Phone: 888-265-8001
Web: www.aol.com
AvantGo.Com
This free Internet service lets you download Web content, from over 100 popular
channels, optimized for display on your handheld. AvantGo.com is designed to provide
connectivity both off-line and wirelessly in real-time to content and interactive
applications. AvantGo.com is available for users of Windows CE-based Handheld and
Palm-size PCs, and devices using the Palm OS. AvantGo.com software comes bundled with
devices from Casio, IBM, and Philips Electronics.
Price: Free
Use With: H/PC; P/PC; H/PC Pro
Contact: AvantGo
Phone: 650-638-3399
Web: www.avantgo.com
CompuServe
CompuServe provides HPHAND and PALMB sections for use from a desktop PC. CompuServe
bulletin boards can be accessed as text or ASCII from the H/PC using the built-in terminal
application.
Price: $n.a.
Contact: CompuServe
Phone: 800-848-8990 or 614-457-8650
Web: www.compuserve.com
Intellisync.com
Worldwide Synchronization Service
A free
Internet-based synchronization service scheduled to debut in the first
quarter of 2000. Intellisync.com will allow anyone with Internet access to
keep popular PC applications, mobile devices and Web-based content and
services effortlessly synchronized from one central address on the web.
Price: $n.a.
Contact: Puma Technology
Phone: 800-774-7862
Web: www.pumatech.com
Mobile Almanac
The Mobile Almanac is a comprehensive, platform-independent, online
resource for those interested in mobile computing products and services,
including those related to the Windows CE operating system. The Mobile
Almanac includes information on 3000+ commercial products and services and
contact information for 1100+ companies that provide those products and
services. The company contact information and product entries have
confirmation dates so you know when the information was entered or
reconfirmed. Entries are updated on an ongoing basis.
Price: $Free
Contact: The Mobile Almanac
Web: www.mobile-almanac.com
My Docs Online
Free Web-based service for storing documents and files on the Internet. Users receive
20 MB of storage space for any type of file. Users can upload and store their important
business and personal files and then access them from an H/PC or any Web-enabled PC
anywhere in the world.
Price: Free
Use With: Online service
Contact: My Docs Online
Phone: 888-686-1181
Web: www.mydocsonline.com
New Technology Home
Provides links to products, services and information centered on
home-automation, high speed internet access, internet appliances, home
networking, audio-visual, security and more. New Technology Home contains
some Windows CE content.
Web: www.newtechnologyhome.com
peanutpress.com
peanutpress.com is an electronic book publisher that offers
contemporary fiction and non-fiction books, newspapers, and magazines for
reading on handheld computers including the Palm Pilot, Handspring Visor,
and Windows CE machines.
Price: $n.a.
Use With: H/PC; P/PC; H/PC Pro
Contact: peanutpress.com
E-mail: info@peanutpress.com
Web: www.peanutpress.com
www.1800mobiles.com
Search for
and purchase mobile phones, two-way radios and available accessories for
Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, and other mobile phones. This site specializes
in hard to find items for the road warriors, such as portable video
conferencing, mobile internet phones and more. They also have a section
where you can purchase PDAs and PC Companions.